❤️ Why You’ll Love This Greek Stuffed Eggplant
Quick Prep: This recipe only takes 10 minutes to prep, although the cooking time is longer, I promise that the end results will be worth it Comforting: This traditional Greek dish is the ultimate comfort food and makes a perfect main course or side dish for the holiday season
🍲 Ingredients
Eggplant – Eggplants are full of nutrients and antioxidants. It is full of cancer-fighting properties, and can even help reduce your risk of other diseases too. It’s incredibly versatile. Add it to casseroles, pasta sauce, stir-fries, stews, or blend it into dips. Spices – The spices are essential in this stuffed eggplant recipe. They add so much flavor and really bring the dish together. Ground Beef – Ground beef gives this eggplant dish a heartiness and a protein kick. If you aren’t a red-meat lover you can swap this out for your favorite ground meat or plant-based option
👩🍳 How to Make Stuffed Eggplant
Prep the eggplants:
Make the meat sauce:
Make the bechamel:
Bake the eggplants
🪄 Tips and Tricks
Sauce: If you want to whip this up even quicker, use marinara sauce for your meat sauce Eggplants: To cook the eggplants quicker, score them beforehand Bechamel: If you don’t have time to make a bechamel, you can just crumble some feta cheese on top. Not AS good but still delicious
🗒 Substitutions
Meat: You can swap the ground beef in this stuffed eggplant recipe with another ground meat such as ground turkey, chicken, or a plant-based option. Ground lamb can be excellent as well Tomatoes: You can use canned or fresh tomatoes in this recipe. Whatever is in season or you have on hand Red Wine: If you don’t have a bottle of red wine open, you can use broth, red wine vinegar (use 1/2 vinegar and 1/2 water so it’s not too vinegary), you can also use something like tomato juice in its place
🗒 Best served with
Greek Cobb Salad Simple Homemade Greek Salad Greek Cabbage Salad
👝 How to Store Leftovers
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.
🤔 Common Questions
